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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1831
Song of the Day: Happy New Year [YouTube link], words and music by Bill Katz and Ruth Roberts, was recorded by the McGuire Sisters (for their 1958 album, “Greetings from the McGuire Sisters“). It’s not well known, but it’s full of all the joy and promise of the holiday. A…
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Continue reading →: To 2020 (3): Pearls Before Swine III
The third of three “tributes” to 2020 from “Pearls Before Swine” (created by Stephan Pastis, courtesy of The New York Daily News):
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Continue reading →: To 2020 (2): Pearls Before Swine II
Another “tribute” to 2020 from “Pearls Before Swine” (created by Stephan Pastis, courtesy of The New York Daily News):
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Continue reading →: To 2020 (1): Counting My Blessings — But Don’t Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out…
Clichés, by definition, are trite and lacking in originality. But you’ll find more than a few in the following post. This year didn’t lack for originality, but it helped to illustrate more than a few clichés. This week, I’ll be featuring a few hilarious tidbits from my favorite comic strip,…
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Continue reading →: Brooklyn Business Hard Times: But Bassett Caterers Will Rise Again!
2020 has been the “gift” that keeps on giving. This year, so many tragic stories have been told by so many beloved local proprietors. First, after 45 years, we lost one of the most gentle souls in our neighborhood: Joe “Pisa” Sanfratello, a founding owner of the great Pisa Pork…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1830
Song of the Day: Have a Wonderful Christmas Day, words, music, and arrangement by my friend, Roger Bissell, is delivered in a sweet a cappella version, in which his immensely talented grandson, “Super Milesio” [YouTube channel], sings all nine parts! My best wishes to all my colleagues, friends, and family…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1829
Song of the Day: Happy Christmas (“War is Over”) features the words and music of Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Lennon was tragically killed forty years ago on 8 December 2020, but this 1971 Christmas song remains one of the artist’s signature post-Beatles tracks (with the Harlem Community Choir), a…
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Continue reading →: Ski and Me: An Update
For those who don’t know Ms. Ski—also known as Elizabeth Sciabarra, my sister—she is one helluva human being. So, when life throws us a curveball, and suddenly, emails, texts, and phone calls are unable to be answered, it’s not unusual that so many people would begin to worry about her.…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1828
Song of the Day: Ode to Joy, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, constitutes the fourth movement and finale of his Ninth Symphony (in D minor, Op. 125). It is one of the most performed works from the corpus of the great composer, the 250th anniversary of whose birth is being…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1827
Song of the Day: Symphony No. 6 in F-major (Op. 68) was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, who was baptized on this date in Bonn, Germany, 250 years ago. The piece made its debut this very month in 1808 [22 December] at the Theater an der Wien. Also known as…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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